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the sensations of the possessor are sudden and violent.White eyebrows are demonstrative of weakness, in the samedegree as the dark brows are of firmness.

The good Lavater considers the nose as the abutment ofthe forehead, the seat of the brain, without which the facewould present a miserable appearance, indeed an ugly ordisagreeable set of features are never accompanied by ahandsome nose; but there are thousands of fine and expres-sive eyes, where a perfectly fonned nose is wanting. Hedescribes the proportions of the face as requiring the fol-lowing particulars. “ Its length, (that of the nose,) shouldequal the length of the forehead; at the top should begin theindenting; viewed in front, the back should be broad, andnearly parallel, yet above the centre somewliat broader; thebottom or end of the nose should be neither hard nor fleshy,and its under outline must be remarkably definite, welldelineated, neither pointed nor very broad; the sides seenin front must be well defined, and the descending nostrilsgently shortened; viewed in profile, the bottom of the noseshould not have more than one-third of its length; thenostrils must be pointed below, round, and have, in general,a gentle curve, and be divided into equal parts by the profileof the upper lip; the side or arch of the nose, must be akind of oval above, it must close well with the arch of theeye-bone, and near the eye must be, at least, half an inchin breadth. Such a nose is of more worth than a kingdom.”Numbers of great and excellent men have flourished in allages of the world, whose noses would suffer much by com-parison with Lavater s description of a nose, more valuableto the possessor than the worth of an extensive empire:indeed he is compelled to acknowledge this indisputablefact, and observes, that he has seen persons endowed withpurity of mind, noble in their conceptions, and capable ofexertion, whose noses were small, and the arches of theirprotiles inverted; and yet, true to his principles, he disco-vered, or imagined he discovered, their worth to consist inthe elegant effusions of their imaginations, their learning,or fortitude in suffering; and this is accompanied with aproviso, that the remainder of their form must he correctlyorganized. We submit, with deference, the physiognomistdid not piesent the above as an essential nasal pattern toany set of features, he only fancifully drew a picture ofwhat he thought would be a perfect nose.

Noses arched under the forehead belong to those whopossess the energy to command, are capable of ruling,